La. Civ. Code art. 3542

Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session

Section 3542 - General rule

Except as otherwise provided in this Title, an issue of delictual or quasi-delictual obligations is governed by the law of the state whose policies would be most seriously impaired if its law were not applied to that issue.

That state is determined by evaluating the strength and pertinence of the relevant policies of the involved states in the light of:

(1) the pertinent contacts of each state to the parties and the events giving rise to the dispute, including the place of conduct and injury, the domicile, habitual residence, or place of business of the parties, and the state in which the relationship, if any, between the parties was centered; and

(2) the policies referred to in Article 3515, as well as the policies of deterring wrongful conduct and of repairing the consequences of injurious acts.

La. C.C. § 3542

Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. 1/1/1992.